Re: [amsat-bb] Mode Designators

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Joe nss@mwt.net wrote:

I also like the frequency thing except, HZ? KHZ? MHZ? GHZ?

The ADIF standard is MHz. Bands are defined with MHz limits. How a program (or LOTW) displays those frequencies is up to those programs. You'll find that the DXLab Suite adheres very closely to the ADIF and with good reason if you see who is a main driver behind the latter. :-)

SAT_MODE and SAT_NAME are both strings, not enumerated variables, so it's up to the software author to put something there that makes sense.

This is what AA6YQ is trying to do but, sadly, AMSAT doesn't have a standard it's willing to stick with.